Imprisonment is often identified as an event that reduces future life chances. For example, having been incarcerated automatically reduces the probability of finding and keeping employment. However, prior research shows that imprisonment has a potential importance in the process of achieving desistance. Consequently, the aim of this study has been to examine the importance of imprisonment in preventing recidivism but also to examine the potential position of imprisonment as a turning point. The main focus of the current study has been on the theoretical discussion of turning points by Robert J. Sampson and John H. Laub. By using a qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews have been conducted with seven members of the non-profit association KRIS. The conclusion of the current study is that four out of seven interview respondents experience the imprisonment as a turning point. Remaining three interview respondents refer to incarceration as a potential turning point in their lives; however, only if the imprisonment would have worked out differently. Of those interview respondents referring to imprisonment as a turning point, three argue that incarceration entered their life course in “right time”. The influence of external factors on the potential importance of imprisonment as a turning point thereby seems to be significant. Unexpected and negative events such as disease or family related issues seem to be those external factors having the largest impact on this process. Even though not all of the interview respondents experienced imprisonment as a turning point, six out of seven refer to incarceration as having some kind of significance in their life course. Primarily, the imprisonment is being seen as a “resting place”, in which the interview respondents have been given the opportunity to place themselves at distance from criminality and addiction outside the prison walls.